I had to dig the black out liners out this winter when the hvac wasn’t working properly. They helped a lot. Hubby just slapped them up over the curtains so when kiddo comes in this weekend, I’ll have help getting them down and doing a rush job of remaking the curtains to incorporate the liners properly.
When our kiddos were little, I could have spent $$$$ and hours at the sewing machine but found that garage sales were a wiser use of time and much less costly for their wardrobes. Most items still had tags on them or were barely worn. Our kids were the best dressed on the block for 25 cents to $1 per outfit or a dollar or two for a whole bag of whatever you could stuff into it. Also bought larger sizes and packed them back in size labeled boxes for the future.
When daughter was around 5th grade, I taught her to sew. She picked her own colors from the stacks of fabric (mostly garage sale or given) and entered a tacked nine square quilt at the county fair. She won the crafts division with it!
I was given a huge box of scraps from an uphosterer’s which has been the source for years of Christmas presents, new cushions for the patio chairs, laundry bags and carry alls for graduations. There’s a book of squares with matching large scraps that is begging to be made into a throw for a certain young girl. Lots of fun planning these projects.
You sound like me...the boxes of things “waiting” to be made keep multiplying.
I got in an apron mood last fall and made several masterpieces for Christmas gifts. They said they were afraid to wear them. I often give red, white and blue ones to FRiends for Christmas or even gag gifts. The pillows I made from “O” printed material almost caused a riot. Everyone wanted them for punching bag pillows in front of the TV! Called them “Screen Savers”!